by Liane Davey | Apr 29, 2015 | Be a better team member, Communication, Conflict, Personal Effectiveness
I received another great question from the community this week. “How do I help someone get past a pretty serious grievance with a teammate?” What a great question! Sadly, it’s relatively common to encounter people who feel they have been wronged and are now...
by Liane Davey | Apr 15, 2015 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness
You’re new. You’re keen. You’re full of good ideas. You’re irrelevant to your teammates. D’Oh! As a new person on a team, how do you get noticed? How do you get involved in interesting projects? Most importantly, how do you make an impact? For most of us,...
by Liane Davey | Mar 22, 2015 | About teams, Communication, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
There are a lot of activities that look like communication that really shouldn’t count. Sending an email out into the abyss isn’t communicating. Popping into someone’s office to say something and then moving right along isn’t communicating. Listening to...
by Liane Davey | Mar 1, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communication, Emotions, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say
I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve shared the things I see as an executive team advisor, and I’ve exposed (and tried to be authentic about) the issues that I personally struggle with as a team member. But there’s one topic I...
by Liane Davey | Feb 22, 2015 | Be a better team member, Personal Effectiveness
How do you show up when you sit around the table with your team these days? I get to stand in front of many teams and sometimes I wish I could take a quick snapshot of what I see. Right now, I see a lot of people who look like they’ve run out of gas. Where’s...
by Liane Davey | Feb 8, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Horror Stories, Personal Effectiveness
I was having lunch with a friend this week and talking about raising kids. My friend said something that really stuck with me. She said she could already see the fears and anxieties she had passed on to her kids: evidence of her own insecurities reflected in...
